Ackley's most popular Improved cartridge, holding the honor of being the only one ever legitimized by a major ammo company. The.270 Winchester, the 7-08, the.280 Remington with a 150 grain controlled expansion bullet would do the trick on a moose, especially for a recoil sensitive hunter. The .280 Remington can handle bullets up to 175 grains making it very versatile. However, it's doubtful that any astute hunter would challenge the moose-dropping effectiveness of a well-constructed 175-grain 7mm bullet launched at 2,800 fps, which produces close to 3,050 ft-lbs of muzzle energy. In performance, the .280 Ackley Improved typically adds 100 to 150 fps to standard .280 Rem. I ran inspiringly tiny control groups with the Berger load, then tried Barnes's 168-grain LRX, a fantastic hunting bullet that I've seen take a splendid assortment of African plains game. The .280 Remington is essentially the .30/06 necked down to 7mm with some slight dimensional differences, the most important of these that the shoulder is moved slightly forward so the .280 will not chamber in the .270. ©2020 Outdoor Sportsman Group. 280 Remington for Moose. Of the many fine long-range optics available, Leupold's VX-6 3-18X is the lightest scope (19 ounces) that offers the features critical to serious long-range shooting. Leupold's custom shop installed a dual-rotation turret with both zero stop and zero lock, solving the issue; installed a capable MOA reticle; and Cerakoted the scope Tungsten Gray to match the Summit rifle. Homing in on the 600- yard plate, he squeezed the trigger and absolutely centered the 4-inch black dot. Developed by P.O. All Shooting Times subscribers now have digital access to their magazine content. Match bullet. It's a combination never possible before today's space-age lightweight barrels and superb optics. The lightweight .280 Ackley Improved Summit is light enough for sheep hunting, accurate enough for long-range competitions, and powerful enough for moose. Loaded with fast expanding, sleek 140 to 150 grain bullets, the .280 is a fast killer of light framed medium game. (This one ultimately proved to be the hardest criterion to satisfy.). Watched an episode on the hunting channel were a guy dropped and huge whitetail dead in his tracks with one shot from the.280rem. Leupold's custom shop engraved a turret calibrated for the Berger load, marked in yards to 1,150 on the circumference and — to my specifications — with an MOA scale around the top edge. Both deflated and elated, I realized that all I had to do was pick the right cartridge and put a Summit to work. Determined to work up a moose-capable hunting load, I later circled the handloading wagons back to the Barnes 168-grain LRX bullet, trying different powders and seating depths I struck gold, settling on a charge of 59.0 grains of IMR 7828, which produced 2,903 fps and average groups of 0.45 inch. After the Great War, cupro-nickel, of 60 percent copper and 40 percent nickel, became the jacket of choice. Bare rifle weight must be 6.5 pounds or less, so that once equipped with a capable long-range scope, sling, and full magazine it wouldn't tip the scales past 8.5 pounds, which is borderline too heavy for a kitted-out sheep rifle. Jenna's opportunity came close, so close that she fired offhand and absolutely poleaxed the buck at 55 yards. Mag. Scottso Member. Inside 300 or even 400 yards, they served adequately. With a salute to Degerness's foresight, I put in an order for a Summit chambered in .280 Ackley Improved. Paired with a mountain-weight barrel and carbon-fiber stock, the rifle should come in at between 5.75 and 6.5 pounds, depending on action length. More and more production rifles are being chambered for 280 AI … Also, if you want to hunt something really big, like Alaska moose, you can use 175-grain bullets in the.280, while the top end for the.270 is 150 grains. The .280 Remington, also known as the 7mm-06 Remington and 7mm Express Remington, was introduced in 1957 for the Remington model 740, 760, 721, and 725 rifles. As for the cartridge, it must have a high-BC bullet of moose adequate diameter and weight at respectable velocities, thus producing bona fide authority and minimal wind drift, all this without scorching the barrel inside of 2,500 rounds or kicking the stuffing out of me over long practice sessions. I like deep wound channels, not to mention the generous blood trails provided by exit holes. Just noticed this was resurrected from a year ago.Wonder if he had any luck. 15 Posts . While not exactly a fire-breather, such a cartridge qualifies comfortably as moose-capable. Neither The High Road nor any of its directors, members, managers, employees, agents, vendors, or suppliers will be liable for any direct, indirect, general, bodily injury, compensatory, special, punitive, consequential, or incidental damages including, without limitation, lost profits or revenues, costs of replacement goods, loss or damage to data arising out of the use or inability to use this forum or any services associated with this forum, or damages from the use of or reliance on the information present on this forum, even if you have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Although expensive by typical match-barrel standards, the company's carbon-fiber wrapped barrels offer honest mountain-rifle weight combined with exceptional accuracy. in this video of a beautiful B.C. As a result, while they are very capable in their intended realm, they don't qualify for competitive shooting wherein extended-string accuracy and minimal point of impact shift are imperative. Plus, while barrel life is good, usually somewhere between 2,000 and 3,000 rounds depending on how aggressively the shooter pushes his handloads, it's no .308 Winchester or 6.5 Creedmoor in terms of barrel life. the .284 W is much younger than the .280, but not as young as the "new kid" the 7mm-08. Optically speaking, I was in business. James Tarr runs through the 3-Second Headshot drill. The 280 Remington could be the Goldilocks of standard-length action hunting rounds. Remington .280 factory loads are currently offered with three different 140 grain spitzer bullets, all with a muzzle velocity of 3,000 fps and a muzzle energy of 2,797 ft. lb. Before this project, using just one rifle for every task had become a pretty obscure concept to me. For lighter bullets there will be about a 100 fps difference in velocity, and not much change in impact at normal hunting ranges. Ackley and Fred Huntington and known previously by a variety of names such as the “.280 Rem. Before opening day of Utah's spike bull elk season, Dallin and I checked our zeros, and just for fun, I took two shots at 1,100 yards. Eventually, Hornady's Joe Theilen — who competes in 1,000-yard benchrest disciplines with his .280 Ackley Improved — helped me see the light, touting outstanding barrel life coupled with above-par ballistics. A century ago, bullets were just getting used to high speed. Jenna had never fired the Summit rifle, so we pulled off on public land to allow her to get acquainted with it. Accuracy capability must be consistently inside 0.5 MOA, which is much less common than the cyber-world would have one think, and accuracy must not degrade over a series of three consecutive three-shot groups without allowing the barrel to cool. 280 Ackley, 168 berger vld. The Winchester XPR Renegade Long Range SR is a unique, feature-packed addition to the XPR... Fed by a 14-round magazine in the buttstock, the Winchester Model 74 features a top-side... Give a Gift velocities and nips at the heels of the 7mm Remington Magnum. It can be loaded with everything from 100-grain Sierra Hollow Points to 195-grain Berger Elite Hunters. Joined: May 23, 2006 Messages: 98 Location: NYC. We're taking a look at what the Army's Elite Units are using for service rifles and what the future of SOCOM sniping looks like. Accurate? With all due respect to Jack O’Connor, his favored.270 load with a fast stepping and fast expanding 130 grain bullet is … Yes, I realize that we're talking about a .280 rather than a .270, here, but to those of us who've seen the data and drained coffeepots over discussions on the comparison of the two, I'd have to say that it's splitting hairs to try to find much difference between the two calibers' respective downrange performances. Typically of fixed magnification, riflescopes of his day were simple 1-inch tubes with few moving parts and fewer lenses. Used the 160 PT in my previous 280 on whitetail, mule deer, elk and moose. At the time when I made the decision on the VX-6, the only limiting factor was the elevation turret, which only allowed one full rotation (20 MOA) when the zero stop was installed. Although lightweight, the Proof Research carbonfiber-wrapped barrel maintains its accuracy and point of impact even over long shot strings and is just right for long-range cross-country competition. Aside from the cartridge (which I'll get to shortly), the last piece of the puzzle was an appropriate scope. In the 150gr. I've chronoed a number of loads, worked up to 'maximum' powder charges as shown by numerous reloading manuals and online sources, all with velocities in the mild to disappointing range. etc. The 7mms from 7x57mm Mauser, 7mm-08 Rem. The end of the road between Sodom and Gomorrah Tex. Instead of .284″ bullets like the 7mm Mauser (and more recently developed cartridges like the 7mm-08, .280 Remington, .280 Ackley Improved, and 7mm Remington Magnum), the .270 Winchester used .277″ bullets which undoubtedly hampered adoption of the cartridge to a certain degree. There is very little difference between them ballistically inside of … At first I was inclined to use a custom titanium action and have Steve Pratt of Elk Meadow Performance build the rifle. All information is provided "as is" with all faults without warranty of any kind, either express or implied. Bigger isn’t always better when it comes to picking a cartridge for moose hunting. Although The High Road has attempted to provide accurate information on the forum, The High Road assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of the information. Nonplussed, I turned back to the Berger load. The .280 is not a new design (appearing in wildcat form at the end of WWII) but did not become a factory round until 1957. 280 AI was standardized by Nosler in 2008 and, SAAMI approved, is now being sold as factory loaded ammunition. Recoil, with a SilencerCo Harvester suppressor attached, is mild. You simply cannot produce a superb optic with zoom, extensive elevation adjustment, parallax adjustment, and top-shelf glass without incurring weight. However, I was driving the 168-grain VLD Hunting bullet at 2,835 fps, not the 3,200 fps that sometimes causes such bullets to behave like a fragmenting varmint bullet and fail to adequately penetrate vitals. Discussion in 'Hunting' started by salthouse, Jun 19, 2006. Today, loaded ammunition and new brass are available from Nosler. Unlike the .30 calibers, which rarely use the heaviest 220-grain hunting bullets, the 175-grain 7mm bullets make a great choice for elk, moose and larger African antelope. I killed one of my elk this year with a 280 Remington and a 160gr bullet at a little passed 300 yards. Serious scopes, like quality camera lenses, are weighty. In performance, the.280 Ackley Improved typically adds 100 to 150 fps to standard.280 Rem. Even at 10,100 feet elevation, which is as high as I've hunted with the rifle, it's not burdensome, yet I can lie down, rest the rifle over my daypack, and hit deer-vital-size targets to a half-mile with confidence (although I don't promote shooting game at such distances). Discussion in 'Hunting' started by salthouse, Jun 19, 2006. While possible, it's not ideal. No dice. Fired at 2,700 fps, a high-BC 7mm bullet of at least 160 grains would provide wind drift and drop similar to a 140-grain 6.5mm projectile fired from the Creedmoor, with added frontal diameter, mass, and energy. One of my favorite rifles is a 280 and have seen some really big moose taken with 280's,but i think they were made for the 140 or 160's.If you go up to 175's or bigger I think you need to go 7MM mag for the extra power At one point my six-year-old son laid down behind it for his first-ever shot with a centerfire rifle. The downside? Great accuracy results, from a number of combos. Instead of defining scoped sheep-rifle weight as 7.5 pounds, a naked rifle weight of 6.5 pounds — which is about what one of O'Connor's rifles would have weighed bare — seemed appropriate. No moose or bison tags have shown up in my mailbox, so the rifle's authority on North America's biggest hooved game remains theoretical. The resulting accuracy was 0.75 MOA, which is definitely plenty good for hunting, but vague pressure signs accompanied the accuracy node I found via ladder tests. Mike Degerness of Proof Research exhorted me to come to my senses and go with the .280 Ackley Improved. through the 7mm magnums are excellent choices with 150 to 175-grain slugs. A 280 AI can safely fire 280 Remington ammunition, simultaneously fire-forming brass cases to reloadable 280 AI dimensions. Why not just use the outstanding, proven Creedmoor and be done with it? A bit more heft in the riflescope was a necessary evil. Subscriber Services. Base suggested retail is a shocking $6,300, but it's superbly built using a private-label Defiance action, Proof Research carbon-fiber-wrapped barrel, and proprietary superlight carbon-fiber stock, and it weighs between 6.0 and 6.8 pounds depending on caliber. Impact velocity with the Berger was about 2,775 fps, and the fragmenting bullet destroyed a considerable amount of meat. We look at the futuristic .450 Bushmaster and how it compares to the tried and true .45-70. With three versions, three barrel lengths, and three different finishes from which to choose,... Like situational ethics, standards of accuracy vary according to circumstances. With hand loads, the .280 can be adapted to a variety of game, from varmints to large framed, heavily built medium game. Best of all, the barrels hold their accuracy over extended shot strings and typically have no discernible point of impact shift. With only seconds to shoot, I ranged the bull at 472 yards, dialed the turret, snugged up behind the Summit rifle, and put a bullet precisely through the quartering-away bull's boiler room. Knowing that I'd be using the rifle in various challenging environments from the desert Southwest to high alpine mountains, I decided to man up and carry the weight of steel. However, there's no arguing with the quick, clean kill. Winchester .350 Legend Rifles and Ammo Available Right Now, Ruger 10/22 Competition Rifle at 300 Yards, Revolver vs. Semiauto Pistol: A Ballistic Oddity, Stevens Model 52 – Happy to Meet You, Lucile, Winchester XPR Renegade Long Range SR Review, How I Built One Rifle That Does Everything, Black Hills Evolution of Rifle Cartridge: .308 Win. velocities and nips at the heels of the 7mm Remington Magnum. The 280 Remington and the 284 Winchester will shoot bullets of 160 grains and heavier to nearly the same velocity and point of impact. 175 Gr. Each was discarded for one reason or another. With the Vortex Extreme Challenge fast approaching, I loaded 10 test rounds with Berger's 168-grain VLD Hunting bullet, and voilà the rifle averaged 0.4 inch over a series of consecutive three-shot groups. Best of all, it achieves this efficiently by burning considerably less powder and generating less recoil than the 7mm Rem. Hunting with match bullets — including Berger's hunting-branded VLD, which originally began life as a match bullet — is something I've always avoided. This means you have the option to read your magazine on most popular phones and tablets. To get started, click the link below to visit mymagnow.com and learn how to access your digital magazine. Personally not that it matters I'd get a bigger caliber as opposed to a bigger bullet. She required a follow up shot, but that was my fault (bullet placement) not bullet performance. I took the Berger bullet hunting. The 30-284 wildcat used the same loading data as the 30-06. Gilding metal (90 percent copper, 10 percent zinc) was first thought too soft for the friction generated by 150-grain bullets in .30-06 service ammunition. You can see how a bull moose reacted to my 7mm Rem. It's a standard-length cartridge, so I had to accept more weight than I'd originally hoped. As a plus, the carbon-fiber wrapping seems to dampen vibration, making for a very forgiving barrel. I have a 25-06 that Im going to change out to a 280 Rem caliber. So at last the .280 had overcome itsdismal beginnings and joined the pantheon of great hunting cartridges. Team partner Paul Dallin and I scored high in pure shooting results and respectably overall. A month later my wife and I hauled the family south to fill her Utah mule deer tag. I have been working up some loads for my .280 Rem., with 22" barrel. 2. Although I'd like to take credit for creating a rifle type that satisfies the criteria outlined here, I can't. Kyle kills a nice 6x6 Bull at 325 yards. The 300. Page 2 of 2 < Prev 1 2. Did just fine. An informal autopsy later revealed that the Berger scrambled both lungs and the arteries at the top of the heart before exiting the point of the offside shoulder. With the 3-18X 44mm Leupold custom VX-6 scope mounted in Talley lightweight one-piece mounts, the Summit rifle in .280 Ackley Improved weighs 7 pounds, 15 ounces — lighter than I had hoped. Lacking a close-range target, Jenna dialed to 460 yards and centerpunched a small rock. Light weight is critical when hunting high elevations, and the author's Proof Research Summit rifle proved to be ideal for prowling Utah's alpine country. This category includes such cartridges as the .264 Winchester Magnum, .270 Winchester, the .270 Magnums, .280 Remington, the 7mm Magnums, .308 Winchester, .30-06 Springfield, .303 British and 8x57JS. 280 AI shoots 50 fps to 100 fps faster than the 280 Remington with the same bullets in the same standard-length actions. and 280 Rem. Best of all, it achieves this efficiently by burning considerably less powder and generating less recoil than the 7mm Rem. From the start, the notion of a 7mm cartridge with the ballistics and long life of the 6.5 Creedmoor kept popping up like one of those trick birthday candles that won't stay blown out. Any point of impact shift is unacceptable. Yes, Scandinavian hunters have laid Nordic bulls low with the similarly performing 6.5x55 from time immemorial, but those are a smaller subspecies than North America's Alaska-Yukon moose. No company builds such barrels better than Proof Research. and probably moose alone although a black bear may slip into the scope on occasion. Ackley Improved 40 degrees,” this cartridge was standardized by Nosler and accepted by SAAMI in 2008. I have a Remington Custom Shop .280 Remington that weighs just six pounds and will group at ½ MOA. With the competition completed using the Berger load, I returned to searching for a super-accurate handload with the Hornady ELD-X line. Another stubby powerhouse, the .300 Remington Short Action Ultra Mag, also came my way before I’d heard of it dropping an elk. Elk don't typically react much to getting shot, but this one shuddered, staggered backward, and toppled in less time than it takes to tell. Not too hard, not too soft, not too fast, not too slow, but just right because it shoots mid-caliber .284-inch diameter bullets. 280 Remington As Goldilocks. The Canadian .280 Ross, a true rimless magnum, introduced in 1907, made quite a splash, but lagged because pre-World War 1 softpoints weren’t up to its high velocity. It shoots flat for long-range work and is an extremely accurate cartridge. However, Pratt cautioned that titanium tends to gall if too much grit or crud gets into the locking lugs. While they are not necessarily perfect, they are the minimum recommended moose cartridges. That said, the .280 produces optimum performance with 150 to 162 grain bullets. One is a pointed Core-Lokt, one is a Nosler ballistic tip, and the third is a boat-tail spitzer bullet. Throat so I can load slugs such as the 175 RN Hornaday out to get max powder capacity and my intent is to use this for MOOSE! However, it was introduced in a different time, when the ascendancy of the bolt action wasn’t as clear as it is today. Big bore semiauto or a lever gun? The Winchester Model 52 is a fine, handbuilt smallbore match rifle that was once known as the... David Fortier talks with Jeff Hoffman of Black Hills Ammunition about the evolution of the .308 Win. The 7mm Remington Express was simply the 280 Remington with a "fancy monicker"! History. Having been released 32 years after the .270 Winchester, it had somewhat unspectacular sales. The .275 H&H, introduced in 1912, was never especially popular, but is suspiciously similar to the Remington cartridge that followed a … Eventually, a set of parameters established themselves in my over-fertile imagination, and I defined the mythical rifle that might do everything as follows. The .270 Winchester, .280 Remington, .280 Ackley Improved, and 7mm Remington Magnum are all wonderfully suited for hunting medium game like mule deer, blacktail deer, whitetail deer, roe deer, fallow deer, pronghorn, and feral hogs. Initially, I intended to shoot Hornady's 162-grain ELD Match bullet in competition and switch to the same-weight ELD-X version for hunting. To try out the rifle in competition, I ran the 2016 Vortex Extreme Challenge, a 7.5-mile cross-country race with targets to 1,200 yards. My opportunity to take a young bull elk came at about 6,000 feet on a balmy October morning — calibrated, almost, for the scope's turret. While I've had outstanding luck with actions by Nesika Bay, Stiller, and others, my personal favorites are made by Defiance. I'm going black bear hunting in PA this year. Again, I was fortunate to bring back a bull. These cheap postwar variants offer perhaps the best value on the vintage-Mauser market. Unfortunately, the rifle simply didn't give spectacular accuracy with them. Thread Status: Not open for further replies. Super-accurate? Rem shoots unbelievably well with 140 hornady Amax pushed at 2847fps and the 140. Perhaps a tad bit better gun because of the killing power and the small amount of recoil. I give the edge to the less-popular .280 Remington for one reason and one reason only: the available bullet weight. Win mag with whatever shot well out of it (most recently was using 215 hybrids never got to try out on moose) and a Remington 700 bdl 7mm mag back up rifle. Rifles in the .280chambering outsold the other two combined. No. Discussion Starter • #1 • Sep 2, 2006. 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